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d. A, MORGAN, OF BLOOMFIELILOWA.

Letters Patent No. 94,431, dated August 31, 1869.A

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. A. MORGAN, of Bloomfield, in the county of Davis, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Parlor- Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the follow ing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction' and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making aY part of this specification, and to the let-ters and figures oi' reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is an external elevation, with portions broken ofi", to show crank y and pins a.

Figure 2 is a cross-section ofthe same, with the bed stead in place.

Figure 3 4is a detail.

My invention relates to that class of bedsteads intended for use in parlors, sitting, and reading-rooms, commonly called oabinet-bedsteads; and

It consists mainly in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, designed to serve as an etlioient bedstead, for the purposes mentioned.

The letter A of the drawings represents a-oase, resembling a wardrobe in form, except that it has greater width than is usual in wardrobes. The front side of this case is left open; as shown, to provide for passing therein the bed, as hereinafter mentioned.

The letter B represents the bedstead, pivoted upon the rods or pins (a in the manner following: that is to say, I -atiach the pins a rigidly to lthe inside of the case, at the points shown, and ont out a portion of the bottom board of the bedstead, in suoh manner as to form shoulders, resting against said pins, thereby providing means for the bedstead to be moved back and forth upon said pins, either for opening, adjustment, or` removal.

My bedstead proper is constructed in the form of a box, open at the top, and having its bottom adapted to fill the entire opening in the front part of' the oase, when the bed is passed therein.

When the bedstead is let down for use, the rear part thereof rests upon the pins a, and the front part is supported by the adjustable legs a, next mentioned.

The letters c represent rods, having enlarged heads,

which may be moved back and forth through that part of the bedstead which serves as its top when in the oase, and as its front side when let down.

To provide for the movements of these rods, I make openings inl'that part of the bedstead indicated, oblong in shape, from the inner or top side of the bedstead, (according to its position,) to a point near the opposite side thereof, as shown on the drawings.

At the point last named, I make a recess, to provide for turning the rods and their pins in the direction opposite to that they sustained while being drawn forward thereto, and which serves as a shoulder and rest for the pint-les of' the rods next mentioned. This recess is marked n.

The letters s represent pins, that are passed through the rods o, andnreintended to serve as stops or rests for the bedstead, by being turned in the proper posif tion in recess u. m

The rods c, when drawn out, and their pins properly arranged in the recess n, serve as the legs ofthe bedstead, as shown on iig. 2. y

For the purpose of properly bracing the bedstead outward when turned down for use, I attach, at each end thereof', and inside the case, swinging braces, marked Av on the drawings.

The letters y represent cranks, afixed to the pins a, and the lower side ofthe bedstead, respeotivel y. They serve as aids and guides, in moving thebedstead in or ont ot' the case.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

rIhe bedstead herein described, having case A, bedstcad B, rods o, pins s and a, cranks y, and braces Iv, constructed and arranged substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two witmesses.

J. A. MORGAN.

l Witnesses:

C. .IAYLon, FRANK W. EIGHELBERGEB. 

